diff --git a/install.js b/install.js
index 9ba6671ce..f5107d3c5 100644
--- a/install.js
+++ b/install.js
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ var tar = require('tar');
 var which = require('which');
 var rimraf = require('rimraf');
 
+var nwver = require('./package.json').nwVersion;
+
 // This will take in an object and find any matching keys in the environment
 // to use as overrides.
 //
@@ -114,7 +116,7 @@ var dependencies = Q.allSettled([
   console.info('[nodegit] Configuring native node module.');
 
   return Q.nfcall(exec, systemPath([
-    '.', 'node_modules', '.bin', 'node-gyp configure --python ' + python
+    '.', 'node_modules', '.bin', 'nw-gyp configure --target=' + nwver
   ]), {
     cwd: '.'
   });
@@ -125,7 +127,7 @@ var dependencies = Q.allSettled([
   console.info('[nodegit] Building native node module.');
 
   return Q.nfcall(exec, systemPath([
-    '.', 'node_modules', '.bin', 'node-gyp build'
+    '.', 'node_modules', '.bin', 'nw-gyp build'
   ]), {
     cwd: '.',
     maxBuffer: Number.MAX_VALUE
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 68737a73c..0d63e24bd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@
     "request": "~2.36.0",
     "rimraf": "~2.2.8",
     "tar": "~0.1.19",
-    "which": "~1.0.5"
+    "which": "~1.0.5",
+    "nw-gyp": "~0.12.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "async": "~0.9.0",
@@ -64,5 +65,6 @@
     "test": "cd test && nodeunit nodegit.js",
     "codegen": "node build/codegen/generate.js",
     "publish": "node-pre-gyp package && node-pre-gyp publish"
-  }
+  },
+  "nwVersion": "0.10.0-rc1"
 }